From Whom Can You Recover in a Baltimore Personal Injury Lawsuit?
Who Do You Sue in a Baltimore Personal Injury Case? Direct Answer: Recovery in a Baltimore injury case is not limited to the individual driver. Depending on the facts, it is possible to recover from employers, vehicle owners, or your own UM/UIM coverage. Identifying these technical “recovery layers” is critical because a single minimal policy... Read more »
Should I Take Pictures Of The Cars After Baltimore Motor Vehicle Accident?
Should I Take Pictures After a Baltimore Car Accident? Yes. Photographs are often the difference between a provable claim and a disputed one. In Baltimore personal injury cases, the absence of visual evidence creates a gap that insurance companies routinely exploit. Main risk: If there are no contemporaneous photos, the insurance company may argue the... Read more »
Assumption of the Risk Defense in Maryland Personal Injury Cases (Baltimore Guide)
Assumption of the Risk Defense in Maryland Personal Injury Cases What is assumption of the risk in a Maryland personal injury case? Assumption of the risk is a legal defense that can completely bar recovery if a person knowingly and voluntarily exposed themselves to a known danger. If the defense succeeds, the injured person receives... Read more »
Do You Have To Communicate With Your Insurance Company After Being Injured in an Auto Accident?
Yes, you will usually need to communicate with your own insurance company after an injury auto accident, at least enough to report the crash and open the claim. But that does not mean you should give broad, careless, or improvised statements about fault, injury, timing, or what “really happened” before the facts and your medical... Read more »
Does A Computer Program Determine the Value of a Personal Injury Case?
The use of settlement software by the insurance industry is a well-kept secret, generally. Allstate, which is believed to still use a specific computer program to arrive at a settlement offer-called Colossus- has been compelled by regulatory authorities to disclose the use of the system. Indeed, they now send you a letter if they stating... Read more »
What Does The Insurance Company Consider A Minor Accident?
It happens every day. A relatively “minor” motor vehicle accident. What is minor to some, may not be minor to others. For the participants, few accidents are minor. Certainly, insurance companies will endeavor to characterize most car accidents as “minor”. When I say minor, I talking about an accident where the involved vehicles are driveable, and no... Read more »
What Type of Conduct is Considered Negligence Under Maryland Law?
The law imposes on us a duty to act prudently under a given set of circumstances. This is what lawyers recognize as the ‘reasonable person standard’. The law charges all drivers, for example, with the obligation to do what a reasonable person would do in a given set of conditions, and to refrain from doing... Read more »
Why Are You A Baltimore Personal Injury Attorney?
Perhaps surprisingly to some, it can be a tough way to make a living. I’m actually a big fan of lawyer jokes and slurs, but I’ve also always objected to the label “ambulance chaser” and the like. Are there lawyers who pay staff in hospitals to sign up injury victims? There may be, I don’t... Read more »
Can You Sue for a Car Accident in Maryland If Snow or Ice Was Involved?
Can You Sue for a Maryland Car Accident If Snow or Ice Was Involved? Yes. The presence of snow or ice does not prevent you from bringing a personal injury claim in Maryland. However, it creates a higher-risk environment where insurance companies will argue the accident was “unavoidable” and attempt to deny or reduce compensation.... Read more »
What Happens if Two Drivers Caused the Accident in Maryland?
If two drivers caused the accident, you may still pursue a claim without first proving which one caused which part of the harm. In a multi-vehicle or chain-reaction crash, the real fight is often not whether more than one driver contributed, but how the insurers try to divide responsibility and discount the value of the... Read more »
What Happens When an Insurance Company Denies Your Claim in Maryland?
What Happens When an Insurance Company Denies Your Claim? Short answer: When an insurance company denies your claim, the process is no longer about negotiation—it becomes a dispute. At that point, your only meaningful leverage is litigation. The insurance company controls the claim. A court controls the case. Main risk: If you accept the denial... Read more »
How Do I Determine Who had the Right of Way and Who is at Fault for the Accident?
If you are involved in an automobile accident, and you have the “right of way”, the other driver is typically going to be considered at fault for the accident. Some rules involving rights of way are common sense. The driver with the green arrow has the right of way. The driver with the solid green... Read more »
